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  Introduction Saba Island is the smallest Carribean island that is located in the north eastern region of the carribean sea. The island is well known for its ambiguous culture,beautiful blue waters, and the extravagantly gifted forms of art. Over the course of two centuries this beautiful island has endured a handful of cultural changes that have helped shape the prolific culture that is seen in Saba today. This encouraged other cultures to join the ambiguous group of cultures that already presided in Saba. It is a melting pot of Dutch, French, spanish, and English. Along with the features of over four different religions to choose from. However it did not start this way. Before two hundred years ago Saba was the focal point in a battle between nations as to who fully owns the land. What people did not see coming years in the future was that all the trading and migration shocked the culture of Saba.                                                                                       
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Gustavious M. Maddox Dr. Harris English 2/22/21  I do feel that my blog meets all the required criteria, because I use the rubric as a guideline for whenever I write a post on my blog. No part of the writing assignment on the blogs confuse me. However Iwill say the thing that does stress a little is finding other credible sources that can actually be used. I will say I do stress myself alot when it comes to crediting the sources as well because I want to make sure that I do not plagarize anything. Yes I am putting my best effort into my assignments. I feel as if I have to in order yeild the results that I want. I do not procrastinate when it comes to these assignmnent because I want to have time so that if there was ever a problem to arrise I would have time to adress it and still get the work done. Yes I review my posts for grammr and readability. After I write my post I put myself in the readers "shoes" and read the post to see if it makes sense and if the main point is und
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The Tale Of The Ambigeous Island

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The topic that I will be talking about today is very interesting to me because of how diverse this small island is and how you would only see such large diversity in large countries. In the Saba island due to the islnd being traded several times from nation to nation in their past, Their culture is very ambigeous so when it came to the traditions of the culture they were divded spiritually. As GGC Carribean states " The mixture of tradition is reflected in the way the people embrace their spirituality as a part of their cultural identity". The religions that were dominant were Roman Catholicism, Angelican, Jehovah's Witness, and the Seventh Day adventist. All these Religions has different practices with caused the diveristy in culture. This also added more diveristy because the Now Dutch Island had few people practice Dutch traditions because almost everyone else celebrated aother traditon from the island the came from. However one tradition that was prominant in Saba isl
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The Historical greatness of Saba

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 The Saba island has been around for many centuries. It was created above the area of a dormant volcano. The Island was home to the Ciboney tribes during the late 1300's and early 1400's.  In 1493 Christoper Columbus discovered the island but Europeans were not fully welcomed until 1640.  During that time period before the discovery many settlers pushed most of the Ciboney tribe away from the area. Creating a mixture of tribes, cultures and nations. The island of Sint Eustatius sent people to the Saba island in order to colonize there. This further brought more cultural diversity to the island. Leading to many different languages, and traditions. The Island was constantly being traded from Dutch,French,Spanish,and English for two centuries. It wasn't until 1816 when the Island was sold to the Dutch and has been under Dutch control since. Due to the mixed culture there is many Dutch traditions and a accumulation of many others. The culture consist of African Latin and Europe
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WARNING: Do not go if you enjoy a "good time"

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 If you enjoy beautiful mountain scenery that overlooks the florescent blue waters of the Caribbean sea, then this is not a place for you. If you enjoy a pure ecstatic atmosphere with great food and exciting activities that would send you into pure ecstasy, this is not the place for you. English is most commonly used due to the high amounts of tourist. The family like atmosphere welcomes all tourist as if they have lived there forever. This Dutch island that was once indigenous to the Ciboney people is now home to a small population 1,800.The population is a mixture of European, African, and Latinos.This affects the culture of the island as it consist of a mixture of Caribbean and Dutch cultures. This allows a mass diversity in religion on the island. As stated by GGC Caribbean " A variety of religious denominations  are practiced throughout the island including Roman Catholicism, Anglican, Jehovah's Witness, and Seventh Day Adventist". Due to their island nature they als
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All Eyes On Me

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Hello my name is Gus and welcome to G's Word blog. I am m going to talk a little about me. I recently graduated high school. I am an athlete, I play football and run track.  My hobbies include restoring and driving cars, riding motorcycles, working, and spending time with my dogs. My favorite color is Blue. A fun fact about me is that I am a Leo and Leos are a sun sign which means I am actually a good person to get along with with a uplifting vibe. I love honey garlic wings they are my favorite. I have two brothers and two sisters. I want to become an entrepreneur when I graduate college. I am working towards my masters in business. I am a big Rap and R&B fan. I am big on dressing because I feel appearance is important when in public. And that will conclude everything about me.
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